#717: Expose libexec option in simple build system
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Reporter: guest | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Cabal specification | Version: 1.8.0.2
Severity: normal | Keywords: libexec helper executable
Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion:
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For my Bluetile Cabal package (
http://hackage.haskell.org/package/bluetile ) I would like to install some
of the executables into the libexec target directory.
Cabal already supports a libexec directory, there is just no easy way to
get an executable copied there. So I had to write my own custom hooks.
To simplify things, I would like to suggest the option of marking an
executable to be installed in the libexec directory. I propose a simple
flag 'Is-Helper-Executable: True/False' which could be specified as part
of an 'Executable' section. Setting this to True should result in Cabal
installing the executable to the libexec directory.
Quick example of why one wants to use the libexec directory in the first
place: Bluetile has a number of such helper applications. While having
Bluetile packaged for Debian, it turned out that Debian requires a man
page for every binary under /usr/bin. So I would have had to write man
pages for every helper application or - which seemed like the proper way
to do it - have them installed under /usr/lib/bluetile/ (libexec
directory).
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/717>
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